Energy Wisdom from Charles Krauthammer

The brilliant Charles Krauthammer has written a concise essay which John McCain badly needs to read. It's available in several places, including NRO, as "McCain’s Partial Fix", and Townhall.com, as "Critical Thinking on Energy." Here's are two pull quotes:

McCain's problem is that he's only able to go halfway on energy production because he has locked himself into opposition to the other obvious source of domestic oil -- the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

His fastidiousness on this is inexplicable. "I believe that ANWR is a pristine area," he explains. Is it more pristine than the ocean, where he now wants to drill? More pristine than the Arabian Desert from which we daily beg the Saudi princes to pump more oil?

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McCain's unwillingness to include ANWR lacks even political logic. His policy on offshore drilling is a flip-flop from his past positions. Perfectly justified, but a reconsideration nonetheless. If you are going to take the hit for flip-flopping and for offending environmentalists, why go halfway?

Let's hope that McCain, or those close to him, will read Krauthammer's wise words and take them to heart. Unless and until they do, the situation is, sadly, exactly as described by Chuck Asay in this cartoon:



With all due respect, Senator McCain, WISE UP – WHILE THERE'S STILL TIME!

Hat tip for the cartoon: Townhall.com.